Glaad calls for gay characters in Star Wars: Episode VIII

Disney should include gay characters in the forthcoming Star Wars film, Episode VIII to help improve its “failing” record on LGBT representation, US gay rights group Glaad (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) has claimed.

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Recent official novels in the franchise featured lesbian and gay characters that could also be easily written into the stories.”